Bay Area Apache Spark Meetup at HPE/Aruba Networks SummarySeptember 22, 2017 by Jules Damji in Company Blog On September 7th, we held our monthly Bay Area Apache Spark Meetup (BASM) at HPE/Aruba Networks in Santa Clara. We had two Apache...
Learn about Apache Spark’s Memory Model and Spark’s State in the CloudSeptember 20, 2017 by Wenchen Fan and Nicolas Poggi in Company Blog Since Apache Spark 1.6, as part of the Project Tungsten , we started an ongoing effort to substantially improve the memory and CPU...
Databricks invites Colleen Lewis to Speak about Diversity in the WorkplaceSeptember 15, 2017 by Angelos Mikelatos in Company Blog First I'll start with the sad truth. The technology industry at large has taken many hits over the years for discriminatory practices and...
Looker and Databricks Partner to Bring Data Scientists and Business Users TogetherSeptember 14, 2017 by Brian Dirking in Company Blog We are very excited today as we announce a partnership between Databricks and Looker. We have seen customers using these products together to...
Learn about Apache Spark APIs and Best PracticesSeptember 12, 2017 by Jules Damji and Silvio Fiorito in Company Blog Since Apache Spark 1.3, Spark and its APIs have evolved to make them easier, faster, and smarter. The goal has been to unify...